Geissorhiza monanthos Eckl.

Plants 100-160(-250) mm high. Corm narrowly ovoid, ± 3.5 mm diam., bearing several cormlets at base; tunics imbricate, black, notched below. Stem minutely puberulous, simple or 1(2 or 3)-branched. Leaves 3 or 4, lower 2 ± basal, ± linear to narrowly sword-shaped, slightly shorter than stem, blade narrowed below, 1.5-4.0 mm wide, ± plane with central vein and margins slightly thickened, glabrous, uppermost leaf inserted in upper 1/3 of stem, much shorter than basal leaves. Spike inclined, 1-or 2(-5)-flowered, branches 1(or 2)-flowered; bracts green, becoming dry and brown in upper half, outer 10-13 mm long, inner 7-10 mm long. Flowers nodding, zygomorphic, violet with glossy translucent white centre broadly edged with a band of intense violet or red; perianth tube ± 2 mm long; tepals subequal, obovate, 14-18 x 9-12 mm, sometimes narrowed below and tepals windowed near bases. Filaments unilateral, declinate, unequal; lower two (6-)8-10 mm long, uppermost ± 1.5 mm shorter, slightly thicker in middle, curving upward distally, white below, distal 2/3 violet; anthers 5-6 mm long, ascending, violet; pollen white or brown. Style dividing opposite anther tips, branches recurved, 3-4 mm long.